Bangs Center News Today

Garden report corrected. Many thanks to a reader who sent me an email about the yellow bush in bloom that I thought was forsythia. She said it was probably winter jasmine, which blooms at the time of year. She is correct. I drove by and saw yellow. I...

I need to look ahead at my calendar. I didn’t do that last week and missed saying Happy Valentine’s Day, which was Tuesday, to everyone. Belated greetings to all. Look for half-price chocolates in the stores.I did look ahead and know that Monday,...

GnBy SCOTT MERZBACHAMHERST — A possible collaboration between the Amherst Business Improvement District, Downtown Amherst Foundation and the Amherst Cultural Council could lead to a new Block Party-like event next spring.Amherst BID Executive Director...

I decided to visit the Amherst Civil War tablets and photograph exhibit prompted by Catherine Hilton’s April 26 letter to the Gazette arguing that the six Civil War tablets in the “Pole Room” in Bangs Center should be removed to make room for senior...

I decided to visit the Amherst Civil War tablets and photograph exhibit prompted by Catherine Hilton’s April 26 letter to the Gazette arguing that the six Civil War tablets in the “Pole Room” in Bangs Center should be removed to make room for senior...

AMHERST — Several local teenagers and elementary school students will be recognized with Youth Human Rights Hero awards, for showing compassion and concern for others, at an event co-sponsored by the Human Rights Commission on Saturday.The day of...

AMHERST — Several local teenagers and elementary school students will be recognized with Youth Human Rights Hero awards, for showing compassion and concern for others, at an event co-sponsored by the Human Rights Commission on Saturday.The day of...

Stay at home, mask up, vaccinate, get boosted; these are requests that seniors have dutifully followed for the past two years. Seniors demonstrated perseverance in the face of social isolation, which was especially crippling for those who live...

Building a new senior center is a terrific idea, but those of us who use the Bangs Center’s services now — or try to — need action sooner, and it’s obvious to us how more space can be freed up. It’s simple: the Civil War tablets should be moved from...

Three cheers for the Friends of the Amherst Senior Center (FASC) for drawing attention to Amherst’s embarrassingly inadequate senior center facilities. When I was on the most recent Charter Commission we did outreach to get input from different...